Posted on October 01, 2018
The University of Pretoria’s 2018 BCom Marketing Management honours students were challenged by their latest client, Eskom Finance Company (EFC), to develop an innovative marketing campaign using cost-effective marketing tools and methods to sell a mortgage loan to Eskom millennial employees.
Posted on October 01, 2018
Ms Natasha Winkler Titus, a PhD candidate in the Department of Human Resource Management, along with her supervisors Dr Anne Crafford and Prof Karel Stanz, won the best full paper award in the Organisational Transformation and Change track at the annual conference of the British Academy of...
Posted on September 28, 2018
The second-year Marketing Management students recently attended a presentation on the Castle Lager #smashthelabel marketing campaign, which was launched officially in September 2018.
Posted on September 12, 2018
His Excellency Dr Jong-Dae Park, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, recently delivered a guest lecture on ‘Korea`s Economic Transformation: Evolution, Essence and Implications’ to the third-year International Management students in the Department of Business Management.
Posted on September 07, 2018
Tumisang Loate taught herself higher grade maths when she was in grade 12. This week, she became Dr Loate when she was awarded her PhD in Economics at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences graduation ceremony.
Posted on August 31, 2018
The School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) hosted its inaugural Chris Thornhill Prestige Lecture Series on 14 August as part of the School’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
Posted on August 31, 2018
With 2018 nearing an end, the Honours Marketing Management students are beginning to ponder what their next move will be and where will they be in the coming year.
Posted on August 28, 2018
Emeritus Prof Ernie Heath, together with Prof Melville Saayman from North-West University, were the first-ever recipients of the Tourism Educators South Africa (TESA) Lifetime Award at the 7th Biennial International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) & 2nd Tourism Educators South Africa...
Posted on August 24, 2018
The national commemoration of Women’s Month offers an opportunity to not only pay homage to the women who took to the streets in 1956 to march against the unjust pass laws of the day, but also to celebrate a new generation of women who have taken the baton forward and are making a...
Posted on August 21, 2018
Soon those caps will be flying in the air and university graduates will be entering the workforce. What these new workers may not know is that employers often have an unspoken expectation that graduates arrive job-ready on day one... sounds pretty “reasonable”, right?
Posted on August 21, 2018
During Women’s Month, the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) pays special tribute to Mama Nokukhanya (MaBhengu) Luthuli for her dedication to Chief Luthuli, her children, and her community.
Posted on August 20, 2018
Students from UP have again taken the top position in South Africa with a stunning 99.5% cumulative pass rate for the January and June 2018 Initial Tests of Competence (ITC), the first of two national professional exams for prospective Chartered Accountants (CAs). This is the second year in a row...
Posted on August 17, 2018
The Department of Marketing Management and Coca-Cola launched the 2018 second-year practical student project at the beginning of August.
Posted on August 17, 2018
Dr Alex Bignotti, a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Management, won the 2018 Emerald African Management Research Fund Award with a research project entitled ‘The role of social capital in the emergence of social entrepreneurship in previously disadvantaged communities’.
Posted on August 17, 2018
Supply Chain Management lecturer Mr Arno Meyer has made history by being the first academic in the Department of Business Management to obtain the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designation.
Posted on August 17, 2018
Dr Menisha Moos, senior lecturer in the Department of Business Management, has obtained a new grant from the Research Development Programme (RDP) for a research project titled ‘Deconstructing relationships between policy awareness evaluation and the skills needed by small businesses’.
Posted on August 14, 2018
“Business incubators are important in developing and promoting growth of small enterprises. In the South African context they also drive the transformation agenda and promote economic inclusion to undo the legacy of our past. Their management and operation therefore needs competent...
Posted on August 14, 2018
A group of six University of Pretoria (UP) Internal Auditing honours students formed part of the 2019 cohort of international students who recently attended the Louisiana State University Center for Internal Auditing (LSU CIA) Case Studies week in the United States.
Posted on August 13, 2018
In 2017, the percentage of women in executive positions in Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed companies was about 19%. “At this rate of improvement, it will take 200 years to reach gender equity.” This is according to Prof Jenny Hoobler, Professor of Human Resources at the...
Posted on August 13, 2018
Prof Stella Nkomo, former deputy dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the University of Pretoria's (UP) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has earned the prestigious 2018 Award for Distinguished Service from the Academy of Management (AOM). The award was conferred on her at the...
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